Chien Lee / Minden / Bullet Ant (Paraponera clavata), El Coca, Ecuador
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Murray Cooper / Minden / Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda), South America
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Benjamin Olson / Minden / Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) and mountains, Cordillera Paine, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
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Chien Lee / Minden / Stick Insect (Monticomorpha flavolimbata) pair mating in mountains, Bengoh Range, Ecuador
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Tui De Roy / Maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) setting out to hunt in grassland at dusk. Serra da Canastra National Park, Brazil.
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Tui De Roy / Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) basking on driftwood, Fernandina Island, Galapagos, South America.
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Tui De Roy / Darwin's small ground finch (Geospiza fuliginosa), inspecting Galapagos giant tortoise for ticks, Isabela Island, Galapagos, South America.
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David Weiller / Atta leaf-cutter ants (Genus atta) harvesting leaves and pink flower petals, Ecuador, February.
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David Weiller / Two Squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) sitting in tree alert to surroundings, one scraching itself before climbing up branch to leave, Amazon rainforest, Leticia, Colombia.
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Carlos Zorrilla / Male Andean cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus) displaying at lek in tree, Ecuador
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Carlos Zorrilla / Common potoo (Nyctibious griseus) sleeping as chick yawns next to it, Ecuador, March.
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Carlos Zorrilla / Male Orchid bee (Euglossini sp.) on an orchid (Lycomormium ecuadorense) flower trying to remove pollinia attached to its back, Ecuador, April.
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Tui De Roy / Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) yearling pup playing with own air bubbles in shallows, Gardner Islet, Espanola Island, Galapagos, Ecuador
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Tui De Roy / Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) pups playing at sunrise, Puerto Egas, Santiago Island, Galapagos, Ecuador
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Tui De Roy / Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) female and male on red volcanic beach, Rabida Island, Galapagos, Ecuador
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Tui De Roy / Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) female resting in shallows, Bainbridge Islets, Galapagos, Ecuador
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Tui De Roy / Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) pups playing in shallows, Sombrero Chino, Santiago Island, Galapagos, Ecuador
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Ashley Cooper / Panning shot of Lake Pehoe, a glacier-fed lake with woodland destroyed by forest fires on shore, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile, January.
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Stephen Dalton / Black witch moth (Ascalapha odorata) in flight, Venezuela. This large moth has a 7 inch wingspan. Wingscales being shed during flight.
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Mark MacEwen / Angel Falls, the world's highest uninterrupted waterfall with a fall of 807m, flowing from Auyan-tepui, a table-top mountain. Helicopter used in filming at base of waterfall with people beside it....
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Carol Walker / Mustang herd standing in snow. Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary, South Dakota, USA. January 2017.
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Simon Littlejohn / Female Patagonian puma (Puma concolor patagonia) feeding on a Guanaco (Lama guanacoe) carcass, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile, July.
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Simon Littlejohn / Female Patagonian puma (Puma concolor patagonica) dragging the carcass of a young Guanaco (Lama guanicoe), Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile, July.
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Simon Littlejohn / Close-up of a female Patagonian puma (Puma concolor patagonica) feeding on a Guanaco (Lama guanicoe) carcass, filmed with a remote camera, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile, May.
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Morley Read / Slow motion shot of a Rufous tailed hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl) drinking nectar from a Heliconia flower, Mindo, Ecuador.
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Morley Read / Slow motion shot of a Violet tailed sylph hummingbird (Aglaiocercus coelestis) drinking nectar from a Heliconia flower, Mindo, Ecuador.
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Morley Read / Mist blowing through cloudforest, Mindo, Ecuador, 2019.
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Morley Read / Reventador Volcano erupting at night, red hot boulders ejected from crater rolling down slopes. Rio Quijos Valley, Amazonian Andes, Ecuador. November 2015. Digitally stitched image.
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Brandon Cole / Amazon river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) split level view showing playful dolphin with mouth open. Rio Negro, Brazil.
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Brandon Cole / Piraputanga (Brycon hilarii) fish swimming in clear river with trees visible overhead. Brazil, South America.
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Tui De Roy / Galapagos hawk (Buteo galapagoensis) landing on mating pair of Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vandenburgh) Alcedo Volcano, Isabela Island, Galapagos.
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Tui De Roy / Epanola saddelback tortoise (Chelonoidis hoodensis), with Galapagos mockingbird (Mimus parvulus) perched on carapace, Espnola Island, Galapagos.
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Tui De Roy / Alcedo giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vandenburghi), Alcedo Volcano, Isabela Island, Galapagos
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Tui De Roy / Galapagos sea lions (Zalophus wollebaeki) sub adult males playing with starfish, Mosquera Islet, Galapagos.
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Suzi Eszterhas / Northern muriqui monkey (Brachyteles hypoxanthus) juvenile aged one year, in tree playing with its mother's tail, RPPN Feliciano Miguel Abdala, Atlantic Forest, Brazil. June.
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Tui De Roy / Alcedo giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vandenburghi), Alcedo Volcano, Isabela Island. This is where the largest extant population exists, acting as ecosystem engineers by maintaining open meadows and digg...
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Tui De Roy / Wolf giant tortoise (Chelonoidis becki) two males fight briefly over mating rights. Wolf Volcano, Isabela Island, Galapagos
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Tui De Roy / Wolf giant tortoise (Chelonoidis becki) in habitat. Hybrids of mixed parentage with different shell shapes are scattered far and wide on the rugged west slope of Wolf Volcano. Wolf Volcano, Isabela Is...
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Nick Hawkins / Brown four eyed opossum (Metachirus nudicauda) at night in cloud forest, Choco region, Northwestern Ecuador. Camera trap image.
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Shane Gross / Panamic Cushion Sea Star (Pentaceraster cumingi) and a school of Yellow-tailed Grunt (Anisotremus interruptus), Galapagos Island, Ecuador. December.
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Shane Gross / Galapagos Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus wollebacki) resting on rocks at sunset on North Seymour Island, Galapagos, Ecuador. December.
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Shane Gross / Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) plays in the surf, San Cristobal Island, Galapagos, Ecuador. December.
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Shane Gross / Galapagos green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas agassizii) feeding on seaweed growing on lava rocks off Isabela Island, Galapagos, Ecuador. December.
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Shane Gross / Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) hunting shoal of Black striped salemas (Xenocys jessiae), Rabida Island, Galapagos, Ecuador. December.
Oriol Alamany / Heavy and unusual rainstorms on Cordillera de la Sal, Atacama desert, Los Flamencos National Reserve, Antofagasta Region, Chile, February
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Gabriel Rojo / Southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) diving, with tail fluke splash. Monumento Natural Ballena Franca Austral, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Valdes Peninsula, Patagonia, Argentina.
